“Air-Raid Kids”<\/p>\n
At my desk staring out
\nof a top floor window,
\nI watched bombers pimpin’
\nlike Cadillacs on the ave, cruisin’
\nthrough a late fall afternoon
\nbetween screamin’ fighter jets
\nspiralin’ angry gang signs in
\nprecision war dances
\nover a Naval base beyond
\ntrees in the distance.<\/p>\n
Behind macho talk,
\nnews of fire & debris clouds,
\nparamedics & stretchers,
\nworld leaders & armchair generals
\nnever considered childhood
\nfears about assaults from above
\nfamily lost for no reason
\nor grown-up gibberish
\nabout why the other guys
\ndeserved surprises from the sky;<\/p>\n
Later at a park, I watched
\nkids in swings, somehow
\nworld drama didn’t apply there;
\nChatter about God in any name
\nnever spoke to those air-raid kids
\nin Manhattan, Afghanistan,
\nor with someone in a jet
\ngone to fight in distant lands;<\/p>\n
Watchin’ them swing closer
\n& closer to the clouds, I
\nlooked away, thought ’bout
\na peace in my youth — now skewed
\nin young minds today —
\n& had to wonder
\nif the spin would ever end
\nsince adults had turned
\nmadness into habit,
\n& Hate, Patriotism & Fear
\ninto a national pastime.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t– Max Nomad<\/p>\n
(currently unpublished work from my archives, written a few days after 09\/11\/01)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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